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SPEGlFIGAEION forming part of Letters Patent "No. 822,109 dated "March 28, 1899. I l I Application filed September 22, 1898. Serial No. 691,611. (No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, EMILE GUSTA'VE BOHY, manufacturer, of N yon, Switzerland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Matches, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention consists of a. match which maybe of any suitable form or size What ever and the body of which may be of Wood or other material, the head being formed of a mass containing a suitable quantity of hypophosphite and more especially of hypophosphite of calcium.

I will now give an example of the compoition of a paste which may be used for the manufacture of matches made according to my invention.

The following is its composition: 0.2125 kilo glue,0.030 kilo gum-tragacanth into 0. 650 kilo water to be dipped twelve hours and then dissolved With the help of Water-bath to 90 centigrade. Then add 0.025 kilo turpentine, 1.000 kilo chlorate of potash, 0.200 kilo sulphur, 0.150 kilo to 0.200 kilo hypoohosphite of calcium, 0.005 kilo to 0.010 kilo acid chro- -mate of potassium, 0.125 kilo to 0.150 kilo chromate of baryta, 0.200 kilo to 0.250 kilo powdered glass 0.010 kilo color, (aniline yellow preferred.) The mixture is then milled several times and the matches dipped into the paste, while maintaining the latter at acoustant temperature of 40 centigrade.

In the present improvement I prefer to use hypophosphite of calcium, as the same is cheap and can be freely used by the workmen 3 5 in the manufacture of matches Without any injurious effect. and in addition the match ignites'unore easily by friction than do the matches that have heretofore been made containing phosphorus; but I do not limit myself to hypophosphite of calcium, as a correspending benefit is obtained by the use of any hypophosphite' that I have been able to obtain. i

1 claim. as my invention-- y 1. The match-paste containing ahypophosphite in addition to the materials usually employed in the paste for the heads of matches, substantially as set forth.

2. The match containing in the igniting-.

head hypophosphite of calcium in addition to the usual materials employed in the igniting match-head, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention 1 have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EMILE GUSTAVE BOI-IY. [L. s]

Witnesses:

E. IMER-SQHNEIDER, TH. IMER. 

